A Strategic Lens on the use of OCICU Courses to the Benefit of Our Students Robert D. Bunnell, Ed.D., Dean, Jackie Martin, M.S., Senior Academic Advisor Neumann University, Division of Continuing Adult & Professional Studies

How OCICU courses have been to our benefit: Who do they benefit? Undergraduate students from each academic division at our institution. What courses do they take? Majority Arts & Sciences When We offer OCICU in the fall, spring, and summer terms of each academic year. Why To retain students by providing flexible options To allow students to progress in course work that would be otherwise unavailable (catalog sequencing, transfer students)

Review and selection of OCICU Course Options * Fall courses – July Spring courses – October Summer courses – March *dependent upon release of schedule in Member Documents via ocicu.org.

OCICU Course Selection & Recommendation Process List is sent by Dean to the Registrar’s Office System Administrator for administrative input. The Registrar determines course equivalencies. Our System Administrator notifies the entire undergraduate student body that OCICU options are available. *individual terms are created to distinguish/identify OCICU courses as separate from our normal course schedule options. List is reviewed by Deans in other academic divisions. Typically 3-5 days after the list is sent we expect feedback, permission to proceed, or recommendations for courses to eliminate from the OCICU course recommendations. *Reasons why we would eliminate? List is then passed on to share with two other advisors in our academic division. Other advisors highlight courses they recommend. The list is then forwarded back to Senior Advisor. Senior Advisor condenses the list to begin specific recommendations to send to the Dean. She includes the master course schedule in a separate tab so that the other Deans can see all that is available via OCICU. Download schedule, highlight the courses advisees will need based on historical trends and “ears to the ground” academic advising. Senior Advisor cross-checks online courses offered at Neumann to ensure that there is no conflict of recommending courses that are already available online. Senior Advisor checks on a weekly basis to see if Course Schedule is released (member document access, ocicu.org)

A STRATEGIC LENS: Let’s Look at the Numbers

OCICU Study of Enrollments Motivation: Desire to know who is taking OCICU courses, which courses are in highest demand, and “who” are the students that are taking these courses. Discover possibilities. to gain a sense of the course patterns and number of students enrolling in OCICU courses. Plan: Focus in on one academic year – fall and spring semesters – and look for trends. Needed – term, course section, major, age.

Stc TermSection NameMajorsAge 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC2NURS23 13/FOC1ENG-101-OCORG29 13/FOC4ENG-126-OC2ORG29 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS54 13/FOC4THEO-212-OC2ACT20 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS26 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS26 13/FOC2SCI-226-OCLIB27 13/FOC1THEO-215-OCLIB27 13/FOC4THEO-226-OC2LIB27 13/FOC4THEO-215-OC4BIO22 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS23 13/FOC2HIST-102-OCNURS32 13/FOC4THEO-426-OC2NURS32 13/FOC1CA-206-OCNURS35 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS27 13/FOC4ACT-103-OCACT54 13/FOC4BUS-309-OC2ACT54 13/FOC4ART-101-OC2LIB37 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2LIB37 13/FOC4THEO-212-OC2LIB37 13/FOC1ENG-326-OC31 13/FOC1ENG-101-OCORG38 13/FOC4ENG-126-OC2ORG38 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2NURS41 13/FOC4ART-101-OC2NURS24 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC2NURS24 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC2NURS23 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS26 13/FOC1ENG-200-OCNURS27 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC2NURS27 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS27 13/FOC3MGT-342-OC2SEM23 13/FOC5MGT-405-OC2SEM23 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS39 13/FOC2HIST-102-OCNURS23 13/FOC1THEO-215-OC3NURS37 13/FOC1INT-202-OCNURS22 13/FOC2MGT-326-OC4ORG52 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS22 13/FOC4ENG-200-OC2NURS25 13/FOC2PSYCH-212-OCNURS25 13/FOC4MUS-101-OC2LA26 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC2LA26 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCLA26 13/FOC2PSYCH-220-OCLA26 13/FOC4PSYCH-280-OC2LA26 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS35 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC332 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS30 13/FOC2THEO-215-OC5NURS29 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS36 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS28 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCBIO34 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2NURS42 13/FOC1THEO-215-OC3NURS42 13/FOC1NUR-326-OCNURS26 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS40 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS46 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS33 13/FOC1NUR-326-OCNURS28 13/FOC4PHIL-226-OC2CJ22 13/FOC4MGT-326-OC2BUS21 13/FOC4PSYCH-210-OC2BEHSC25 13/FOC4PSYCH-280-OC2NURS44 13/FOC4ENG-200-OC2NURS31 13/FOC4MATH-102-OC2NMUG24 13/FOC4ENG-200-OC2PSY25 13/FOC2HIST-103-OCPSY25 13/FOC2PSYCH-220-OCPSY25 13/FOC1NUR-326-OCNURS46 13/FOC1THEO-215-OC3NURS28 13/FOC2PSYCH-212-OCLIB33 13/FOC2SCI-226-OCLIB33 13/FOC4ENG-200-OC2BUS29 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC2BUS29 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS39 13/FOC1ENG-101-OCORG27 13/FOC4ENG-126-OC2ORG27 13/FOC1INT-202-OCBIO33 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS31 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS27 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS35 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCNURS21 13/FOC1CA-206-OCNURS22 13/FOC1ART-101-OCNURS22 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2BUS26 13/FOC2BUS-321-OC2BUS, ACT23 13/FOC1ART-101-OC24 13/FOC4NUR-326-OC2NURS40 13/FOC1CA-206-OCNURS46 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS45 13/FOC4THEO-212-OC2BIO26 13/FOC4PSYCH-280-OC2PSY22 13/FOC1INT-202-OCNURS23 13/FOC1PSYCH-280-OCNURS34 13/FOC4ART-101-OC2NURS49 13/FOC3PHIL-102-OC2NURS49 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2NURS42 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS42 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS31 13/FOC4NUR-226-OC2NURS39 13/FOC1NUR-326-OCNURS39 13/FOC1INT-202-OCPSY22 13/FOC2PSYCH-212-OCPSY22 13/FOC4ENG-326-OC4LA24 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCNURS26 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC4NURS26 13/FOC1MUS-101-OCNURS39 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCNURS30 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS30 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS22 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OCNURS42 13/FOC1THEO-326-OCNURS25 13/FOC4SOC-101-OC4CJ22 13/FOC1PHIL-226-OC38 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS25 13/FOC1NUR-226-OCNURS28 13/FOC4THEO-226-OC2NURS38 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCNURS25 13/FOC2HIST-103-OC22 13/FOC1INT-202-OC22 13/FOC2BUS-309-OC36 13/FOC4ENG-200-OC236 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC236 13/FOC1ENG-101-OCORG27 13/FOC4ENG-126-OC2ORG27 13/FOC4MGT-415-OC2ACT31 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS36 13/FOC1PHIL-102-OCNURS27 13/FOC4ART-101-OC2CJ23 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC2NURS22 13/FOC1INT-202-OCNURS25 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS29 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS45 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS31 13/FOC1SOC-101-OC3NURS39 13/FOC4MGT-326-OC222 13/FOC1PHIL-202-OC22 13/FOC1HIST-126-OCNURS22 13/FOC4BUS-350-OC2CIM22 13/FOC4PHIL-202-OC2NURS41 13/FOC4HIST-126-OC2LIB55 13/FOC1THEO-215-OCLIB55 13/FOC1MUS-101-OC31 13/FOC2NUR-226-OC3NURS37 13/FOC3PHIL-102-OC2NURS25 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC2NURS25 13/FOC4INT-202-OC2BIO23 13/FOC3PHIL-102-OC2NURS30 13/FOC4THEO-326-OC2NURS30 13/FOC2PSYCH-220-OCLA28 13/FOC2PSYCH-380-OCLA28 The Approach Type of course (academic discipline) Major/degree program of the students who enrolled in specific types of courses Age of the Online Learner *Note: I eliminated duplicate names enrolled for major and age analysis

Fall undergraduate students enrolled in 153 online, 8-week mini-term courses offered by the OCICU. The age range of the 114 students who enrolled in an OCICU course in fall 2013 was 20 – 55. The most frequently occurring was 22 years of age. Ages # enrolled students yrs62 Age ranges = 31 of the 114 students; 25 – 29 are 31 of the 114 students 30 – 39 yrs34 Age ranges are 17 of the 114; are 17 of the 114 students 40 – 49 yrs14 Age ranges 40 – 44 are 8 of the 114 students are 6 of the 114 students 50 – 554

Draw attention to the courses that were lower enrolled --- these are perfect examples of how having OCICU options allowed our students to progress with their individual degree requirements. OCICU provides a way to meet the need of an online learner as well as… a learner whose course is cancelled Not available in the current term Schedule conflict (class or work shift scheduled at the same time as the class the student needs) 153 courses // 114 individual students

Spring students enrolled in 108 online, 8- week mini-term courses offered by the OCICU. The age range of the 73 students who enrolled in an OCICU course in spring 2014 was 21 – 52. The most frequently occurring was 22 years of age. Ages# enrolled students yrs49Age ranges ages are 29 of the 73 students Ages are 20 of the 73 students 30 – 39 yrs17Age ranges are 14/73 students are 3/73 students 40 – 49 yrs6Age ranges 40 – 44 are 3/73 students are 3/73 students 50 – 551

Notice the trends lower enrolled courses by which the consortium fills a need common themes from term to term ease of selection for future terms based on historical past course interest 108 courses // 73 individual students

Post-Analysis: OCICU Study of Enrollments Who is the adult-learner on my virtual campus today? How can other academic divisions develop a less traditional approach to traditional students completing their undergraduate degree programs? Are we as educators in higher education prepared to meet the demands of today’s traditional students?

How Do You Select Which OCICU Courses to Offer? Similarities and/or differences? Issues which affect course selection? Are there courses you cannot find which OCICU members might develop?

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Robert D. Bunnell, Ed.D. Dean & Associate Professor Jackie Martin, M.S., Senior Academic Advisor